Pomegranate is one of those fruits that I ate a lot while growing up. We’d buy them in cartons and my grand mom would very patiently extract the seeds and keep them loosely covered in steel bowls on the dining table so the kids could eat a spoonful whenever they passed by. This also meant I never really learnt how to cut open a pomegranate and get the seeds out easily.
During my internship days in Bangalore, I’d often buy curd rice with pomegranates in them from Sukh Sagar and similar South Indian restaurants, which were the only ones I could really afford. Those meals were the most comforting during those days I missed home food terribly.
To make Bagala Bath:
Mix some salt to the curd and mix well. Mix the rice well in this. I don’t like mashing up the rice so I leave it whole. Temper mustard seeds, urad dal and red chillies. Let it cool and then add to the rice mixture. Chop some coriander leaves finely and mix it well with this. (I prefer coriander leaves to curry leaves in my curd rice). Finally, top it off with some pomegranate seeds and mix well before serving.
Padmaja
Hey Nags!! That last picture is amazing!!! Sometimes these one clicks are so beautiful aren't they!!I love banana with curd rice but would like to try your combo
Nags
Thanks a lot Anagha. Love your name!
anagha
Hi Nags(not sure of your name!),
Your curd rice is really pleasing, you make sure the tempering is added after cooling.. thats great.
I searched for paneer butter masal and found your site and I must say you have done a wonderfull job. Its so pleasing to go through the recipes… surely will prepare some and let you know.
Naan recipe is interesting too.
Nimi.
syed alaudeen
Nice blog
MyLastBite
This looks so tasty…. and beautiful!
Shreya
Hi Naga, I have seen this before. Infact I got the idea to use cherries for my curd rice post from this, though Ravi always enjoys fruits with curd rice. I love the pictures in this post!:-)
Anonymous
you can add black grapes too.
Pravs
looks so pretty and yummy. Nice work with photoshop.
Cham
Even the curd rice looks multi-color. Nice combo.
KayKat
Yum! This was pretty much the comfort food post that I wrote about last month 🙂
That pic of the pomegranate is awesome!